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Snipe eels are found in every ocean and generally occupy depths of 300–600 m, though specimens have been caught nearer the surface at night, and storms occasionally result in individuals being stranded on the shore. [21] Larval snipe eels occupy more shallow regions of 60–70 m before descending to metamorphose into adult form.
Nemichthys curvirostris, the boxer snipe eel, is a snipe eel of the family Nemichthyidae. Like other snipe eels, they have incredibly narrow and elongated bodies, and small fins. Like other snipe eels, they have incredibly narrow and elongated bodies, and small fins.
The slender snipe eel (Nemichthys scolopaceus), also known as the deep sea duck, is a fish that can weigh only a few ounces, yet reach 5 feet or 1.5 m in length.Features include a bird-like beak with curving tips, covered with tiny hooked teeth, which they use to sweep through the water to catch shrimp and other crustaceans.
The snipe eel has been recorded off southern Japan and in the Eastern Pacific, from British Columbia and Oregon south to Panama and Chile. [1] It is a Mesopelagic and bathypelagic fish found at depths between 330 and 5,100 m (1,080 and 16,730 ft), typically deeper than 610 m (2,000 ft).
Neocyema erythrosoma is a species of pelagic fish, a deep-water bobtail snipe eel in the family Cyematidae. It is the only member of its genus, Neocyema. It was first described by Peter Castle in 1978 after two specimens were caught at great depths in the south Atlantic Ocean in 1971. Further specimens have since been caught in the North ...
The Bean's sawtooth eel (Serrivomer beanii, also known commonly as the longfin sawpalate, the saw-tooth snipe eel, the sawtooth eel, the shortnosed snipe eel, and the stout sawpalate [3]) is an eel in the family Serrivomeridae (sawtooth eels). [4] It was described by Theodore Gill and John Adam Ryder in 1883. [5]
The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea eels in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera. They are small elongate fishes, growing up to 16cm (6 in) in length. The family Cyematidae is characterized by thin, short bodies with long jaws and small teeth and eyes.
Nemichthys is a genus of eels in the snipe-eel family Nemichthyidae. It currently contains the following species: Nemichthys curvirostris (Strömman, 1896) (boxer snipe-eel) Nemichthys larseni J. G. Nielsen & D. G. Smith, 1978; Nemichthys scolopaceus J. Richardson, 1848 (slender snipe-eel)